Chapter Ten:

The next morning Draco and Blaise meet up with Ron and Harry in front of the Gryffindor House like they use to, though Draco is still emotionless and his eyes look dead. Harry, on the other hand, seemed full of emotion though they were worry and hope. Harry desperately wanted Draco to return to his old self, even if he was a bit arrogant and perverted and forceful. He felt responsible for Draco's emotionless state since he was technically the reason Draco was like this.

"Morning, Draco!" Harry says happily and Draco just nods, causing Harry to frown slightly. "Did you sleep well?" he asks as he tries to make conversation.

"Not really," Draco replies as he slowly starts walking towards the Great Hall for breakfast. Ron and Blaise were talking happily with each other, though they would glance at Draco and Harry worriedly every few minutes.

"Uh, well…" Harry mutters nervously, unsure of what to say to his mate. They continue to walk in silence and soon reach the Great Hall. Harry sits down next to Draco, hoping Draco will somehow miraculously come back to his old self.

I really am acting different aren't I? Harry thinks to himself and sighs. He can't help it though; he did care about Draco even if he was unsure about their relationship. This wasn't Draco, though, this was just a shell and he needed to fix him.

All through the day Harry tried to get Draco to talk to him or act even slightly like his usual self, but no matter what he tried Draco didn't respond like he use to.

"Draco… do you hate me?" Harry finally asks at the end of the day.

"No," Draco replies emotionlessly.

"Then why are you acting like you do? You hardly even look at me anymore," Harry says softly. He was starting to miss the stares Draco always gave him, the smirks and smiles, and even when Draco held his hand. He hadn't realized how use to Draco he had gotten until now. Was he really falling for Draco?

Draco only shrugs in response to Harry's question. "I still love you," he says emotionlessly. Harry frowns, not believing Draco's words. He slowly curls up against Draco; they were sitting on a couch in the room of requirements so they didn't have anyone staring at them.

"I miss you, Draco," Harry murmurs sadly as he presses his face against Draco's chest. He felt so weak, so girly, but he was truly worried.

"I haven't gone anywhere," Draco replies.

"Yes you have, the real you, anyways. You aren't the real Draco at the moment, and I promise I'm going to get you back," Harry says softly. After a moment of silence he looks back up at Draco again. "Is it okay if we stay here tonight? I don't feel like going back to the Gryffindor House."

"Sure," Draco murmurs and a bed appears over in the corner of the room. Harry wanders over and crawls under the blankets, Draco crawls in beside him. Draco slowly wraps his arms around Harry, but Harry feels no warmth from his mate.

0o0

The next days go on in the same way, Draco hardly talks and is emotionless and Harry tries desperately to get Draco to act like his old self.

"Drake," Harry says one evening while sitting in the room of requirements. They seemed to go there often lately. "Do you love me?" Harry asks Draco this every day, needing to here Draco's reply since Draco never acted like he loved Harry anymore.

"Yes, I love you," Draco replies as normal though his eyes show no emotion.

"I'm glad…" Harry murmurs softly as he sips at some hot chocolate. Suddenly he had an idea. "Let's go out!"

"Why?" Draco asks as Harry drags him from the room and out toward the Quitich field.

"Because I want to play a one-on-one game with you," Harry says happily.

"Fine," Draco murmurs before getting a broom and following Harry into the middle of the field. Harry had a broom in one hand and the snitch in the other.

"Best two out of three, okay?" Harry says excitedly and Draco nods. Harry then lets go of the snitch and mounts his broom. Draco does the same before the pair lift off into the air and start their search.

Harry speeds upwards to search for the snitch from above, Draco trailing behind him, the emotionless look still in his eyes. Once Harry catches the gleam of gold he's off again, zooming after the little winged ball. Draco is speeding behind him, trying to catch up; a slight hint of determination is in his eyes.

"You have no chance at winning Draco, I always win!" Harry says, trying to see more of that determination and hopefully some other emotions emerge from Draco.

"In your dreams," Draco says, a very small hint of a smirk playing on his lips. Harry grins brightly, before turning his eyes back to the gleaming golden ball.

Harry closes in on the winged ball, Draco close beside him, both reaching out their hands to try and catch the ball first. He was not going to let Draco win; he wanted it to be like before (well not exactly like before, but close enough) when they were always competing. He wanted Draco back to normal and he felt that doing this may help.

As Harry continued to reach out, he lost his balance and started to fall. "SHIT!" he shouts as he dangles from his broom by one hand. Draco's eyes go wide as he quickly reaches out a hand to try and help Harry up. Harry tries to reach for Draco's hand with the one not holding his broom, but he was slipping. "D-Draco I don't think I can-," Harry starts but his voice stops and his eyes go wide as his fingers give out and he drops down towards the ground below.

"HARRY!" Draco screams as he plunges his broom downwards, rushing to Harry's rescue. Draco catches Harry at almost the last second, the broom stopping only feet from the ground. "Thank Merlin," Draco murmurs softly as He holds Harry tightly in his arms.

"S-Sorry, Draco! I didn't mean to fall, I guess I got carried away," Harry apologizes as Draco lowers them to the ground.

"Don't just apologize you idiot! You could have seriously been injured! Do you know how much you scared me?! You're my mate; you shouldn't scare me like that! Be more considerate!" Draco shouts angrily before hugging Harry tightly. Harry's eyes go wide with shock, surprised by Draco's outburst.

"D-Draco! You're back to normal! I can't believe almost breaking my neck brought you back," Harry laughs as tears of happiness form in his eyes.

Draco stops, shocked as well. "I… I am feeling better… That… You still shouldn't fall off of brooms!" he insists angrily, though he is still quite shocked and happy.

"I'm really glad you're back to normal, Draco," Harry says and smiles brightly.

"I… I'm not sure if I'm completely back to normal, but I do feel better," Draco says and smiles back. "But I'll go back to being emotionless if that's what it takes to get you to kiss me," he says with a smirk.

"You- You- DRACO!" Harry shouts angrily as he smacks Draco on the back of the head playfully. "Is that all you think about?!"

"Hmmm, most of the time," Draco says with a shrug as he smiles softly. At the back of Draco's mind Draco felt that emotionless feeling that had consumed him for the last few months. He could tell that the feeling wasn't completely gone, just hiding and out of sight for the one brief moment. He hoped that he could keep himself well for Harry's sake.

I've been gone forever, haven't I? xD Oh well, I can't be apologizing every chapter now can I? I get writers block and I have homework like everyone else ^-^;

Anyways, did anyone watch the Olympics? Guess what? I live there!!!! WOOT! Lol!

Did you enjoy our epic fail in the opening ceremonies when the fourth totem pole didn't go up to help light the torch? xD

Oh well, it can' t be perfect! Did you enjoy the ending ceremonies? We're one of the few countries that will make fun of ourselves on world-wide television! xD

Apparently some people took the whole beaver/moose thing seriously o.o I read on sites that people thought it was 'a show of true Canadian culture' o.o

Do people really think we're all police that ride horses and worship beavers and moose and say 'eh' 24/7? I know very few people who say 'eh' xP

Anyways, in your reviews please tell me what you thought of the opening and ending ceremonies and if you really thought we were serious when we were making fun of ourselves! =D